Boreotrophon truncatus

Boreotrophon truncatus, common name the bobtail trophon, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Boreotrophon truncatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Trophoninae
Genus:
Boreotrophon
Species:
B. truncatus
Binomial name
Boreotrophon truncatus
(Ström, 1768)
Synonyms[1]

Buccinum truncatum Ström, 1768
Trophon truncatus (Ström, 1768)
Trophon truncatus var. abbreviata Mörch, 1869
Trophon truncatus var. alba Jeffreys, 1867
Trophon truncatus var. scalaris Jeffreys, 1867

References
  1. Boreotrophon truncatus (Ström, 1768). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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